Which of the following helps explain why so many settlers in the Chesapeake region cultivated tobacco? A) They were required to do so by law. B) Tobacco cultivation required little farming experience. C) Tobacco prices rose dramatically over the course of the seventeenth century. D) Their colonial charters required them to do so. ANSWER […]
The French committed themselves to recognize American independence __________. A) after the American defeats around New York City B) after the American victory at Saratoga C) after Britain attacked a French ship in Boston harbor D) out of sympathy for American revolutionary ideals ANSWER Answer: B
Joseph Brant was __________. A) a Mohawk chief who fought for Britain B) the last royal governor of Virginia C) a Tory spy hanged by Washington at Valley Forge D) the British general who surrendered at Yorktown ANSWER Answer: A
Which area of the United States moved most quickly to abolish slavery after the Revolution? A) New England B) Middle States C) Chesapeake D) Lower South ANSWER Answer: A
The Pelham farmers in Northampton County, Massachusetts, in 1786 were protesting __________. A) high state property taxes B) the ratification of the Constitution C) a federal whiskey tax D) a weak and ineffective state government ANSWER Answer: A
Who were the Acadians, also known as Cajuns? A) French Canadians resettled in Louisiana B) British Tories resettled in the Caribbean C) white Americans who joined Indian tribes D) western Indians resettled in Louisiana ANSWER Answer: A
The XYZ Affair was a result of a failed U.S. diplomatic mission to __________. A) France B) Spain C) Britain D) Holland ANSWER Answer: A
In what ways did the election of 1800 transform American politics? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: party politics; Federalists; Democratic-Republicans; Jeffersonian democracy
The Embargo Act had the greatest impact on __________. A) French merchants B) British merchants C) American farmers D) New Englanders ANSWER Answer: D
During the Panic of 1819, many urban workers blamed their job losses on __________. A) competition from British imports B) the creation of the Second Bank of the United States C) the Monroe Doctrine D) invention of the cotton gin ANSWER Answer: A
